La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for January 23, 2010
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Transcript:
Radio: Wacky conservatives are calling James Cameron's "Avatar" a left-wing liberal attack on traditional American values like plundering nature and killing indigenous folks. We say: don't knock success, or mess with a ten-foot tall smurf...
Trebor39 almost 15 years ago
It seems there are no two people who agree on anything anymore, and civility is dead.
Quantumtorpedo1 almost 15 years ago
The movie has only made one billion dollars. Someone likes it, they really like it.
pschearer Premium Member almost 15 years ago
If by “plundering nature” you mean converting raw materials into the things humans need to survive, then that’s what distinguishes us from the animals who must adapt to their environments or perish.
If by “killing indigenous folks” you mean subduing marauding warriors (like the one that killed Lincoln’s grandfather in front of Lincoln’s father), then that was a necessary part of bringing civilization to the New World.
(But I make no excuses for the racism that caused whites to turn against even peaceful Indians. That, like slavery, was a vestige of the Old World that should have been left behind.)
pilotx almost 15 years ago
Bringing civilization to the NEW world? Well, there were already civilizations here unless we can only count Europeans as civilized. Oh yeah must kill as many Indigenous people as we can so we can chop down all the trees and build our Walmarts. One person’s marauder is another’s freedom fighter fighting to protect his nation’s border. And when did this comic mention India? Just wondering because we mentioned “peaceful Indians”. Wow, such a one sided view of history.